St. Mary’s ED Expansion

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital is growing to better serve their community.  Celebrating its 46th year of compassionate care, St. Mary’s Emergency Department is undergoing dramatic expansion.  Project director Joe Rudisill describes the project’s goals in more detail.

Introducing St. Francis Watkins Centre – Central Va’s first freestanding emergency room

we’re in your neighborhood to serve you Introducing Bon Secours St. Francis Watkins Centre, centrial Virginia’s first free-standing emergency room. Watkins Centre is all about providing convenient, fast, high quality, emergency care. Located at the intersection of 288 and 60, Watkins Centre serves the communities of Powhatan, Midlothian, Louisa, the 288 corridor, south Richmond, Brandermill, … Read More

Forensic Nursing at Bon Secours

Thank You for All That You Do

They are the ones who arrive first, the ones who work quickly when time counts. They save lives every day. Emergency medical services teams are first responders. They show up wherever good help is needed quickly. EMS crews evaluate, treat, stabilize and transport the sick, wounded and injured to Richmond area hospitals. Thank you for … Read More

Critical Care Transport makes a difference in the lives of triplets

The Bon Secours Critical Care Transport is designed for exactly what Yolonda and David Vines and their three tiny newborns needed it to do – to make certain the infants made it safely and securely to their destination at the St. Mary’s Hospital NICU, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit that would be the … Read More

Intern Turns Patient

A trip to the emergency department can be a little scary for anyone. But for Whitney Robinson, an Administrative Intern at St. Mary’s Hospital, an emergency department visit can be downright terrifying. Robinson has serious allergies to 16 common medications. If she takes one of them, she could end up fighting for her life. But … Read More

Special Ambulances Transport Young Patients

Three-day-old Leila Natalini was sleeping, so her parents, Alby and Krissy, also dozed off. A short time later they awoke to every parent’s nightmare: Leila was not breathing. While Alby began performing CPR, Krissy called 911. Leila was taken to St. Francis, revived and placed on life support. “They told us we had to transport … Read More

St. Mary’s Completes Helipad

As children patiently waited for Santa’s arrival on Christmas Eve 2010, a construction team prepped another important landing spot — the new helipad at St. Mary’s Hospital. The helipad, which meets Federal Aviation Administration guidelines and has a 40-foot landing zone, is located in the parking lot south of the physician parking behind the Medical … Read More